Good C++ editor for beginners

[cheatos]

Hi all,

I have to write a C++ program which does a FFT on some data input and I am unsure which editor will be best for me. As I am a physicist, a simple editor would completely satisfy my needs. However I downloaded vim and it was horrible, I didn't even get it to compile some example code...
I was thinking about eclipse but as far as I know eclipse is an editor for java. Will it also understand C++? And are there some editors with some sort of syntax highlighting or however you call that in C++?

Thanks for any help!

[mevun]

I've never used gedit for programming, but it is built-in to Ubuntu and is supposed to be friendly since it is GUI-based. It probably understands C++ syntax, but I'm not sure.

As for Eclipse, it can understand C++. Might be overkill, if you aren't really going to set up a whole 'project'. The download for Eclipse is several hundred megabytes.

As for FFT, I think you should look for a library that does that already or some source code. You shouldn't really need to re-write it from scratch.

[MG&TL]

Hi all,
I have to write a C++ program which does a FFT on some data input and I am unsure which editor will be best for me. As I am a physicist, a simple editor would completely satisfy my needs. However I downloaded vim and it was horrible, I didn't even get it to compile some example code...
I was thinking about eclipse but as far as I know eclipse is an editor for java. Will it also understand C++? And are there some editors with some sort of syntax highlighting or however you call that in C++?

Thanks for any help!

vim is an advanced editor for those who do a lot of text editing. Incidentally, it won't compile anything, it's just an editor. Worth learning if you ever have to do a lot of editing.

Eclipse is good for C++ (although probably not for beginners), but I suggest you install the eclipse-cdt package (I understand CDT stands for C Developer Tools). Makes life easier.

What I would actually recommend is Geany, a lightweight IDE/text editor.

Brave physicist. FFTs with C++ isn't a beginner's project. Good luck!

[steeldriver]

I'm liking geany at the moment

For the FFT itself you should probably check out FFTW - even if it's not what you want it will give you a starting point - although it's a C library there are C++ headers for it iirc

[trent.josephsen]

I use Vim, myself, but I like to recommend jEdit for beginners and people in general who don't wish to invest time in learning Vim or Emacs. jEdit is vaguely Emacs-like but it has a much friendlier interface (IMHO) along with support for a vast array of languages and all the features we have come to expect from our general-purpose editors (and then some).

If you're looking for an IDE and not just an editor, I'm not the one who can help you.

As for the FFT stuff, I don't envy you

Edit: Oh no, I got sucked into another of these threads...

[Unterseeboot_234]

C and C++ are all about linking. Legacy C++ code is readable about where the links came from. With C you have to maintain external documentation. For that reason, I like NetBeans with the added C/C++ plug-in.

You would have to have Java installed for the NetBeans IDE, then add the C++ plug-in. You get syntax coloring, matching braces as niceties for an editor and GUI-dialogs for pre-process and post-process compiling.

See if you can follow along in this linked tutorial on setting up a C++ project.

Good luck in whatever choice you go with.

[overcast]

Sublime text 2 can be used for free. Geany is also not a bad choice for C++ IDE.

[vanangamudi]

Emacs. use Emacs. awesome editor.... Emacs and Vim are considered to be the complete text editors by thousands of people...

[shaktiman1234]

try using Gedit for editing and terminal for executing . That is besy way to learn.
If you can use vim, that will be added advantage but learning curve can be quite steep.

[Majorix]

I use emacs (check the avatar ), however it is not for "beginners". You could have a look at SciTe instead.